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Dec 26, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [FINAL EDITION]
Nursing, PhD
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Degree Requirements
The student must complete at least 48 credits of approved doctoral course work beyond the master’s degree in nursing. The student must also successfully pass the comprehensive examination, submit a manuscript for publication, and defend a dissertation for graduation. Only doctoral courses will be accepted for doctoral credit. Please note that the program director must approve a waiver of any requirement for the degree in writing.
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Curriculum
The course of study consists of three related units designed to prepare competent, scholarly nurse educators, scientists, and leaders in nursing education. Throughout the doctoral program, students are challenged to explore the historical, social, philosophical, ethical, and organizational implications of emergent issues that affect nursing education.
Unit I
Unit I emphasizes nursing science. It includes philosophy, epistemology, theoretical thinking, and knowledge synthesis, as well as nursing theory and nursing science development.
Unit II
Unit II is related to general and nursing education. It consists of specialized courses in contemporary nursing education, curriculum development, teaching concepts, and evaluation methods. Students work closely with faculty in teaching/learning situations through seminars and projects.
Unit III
Unit III addresses research methods. It includes qualitative and quantitative design, statistical analysis, and data interpretation while fostering disciplined inquiry as students develop and implement a dissertation proposal that will contribute to the scientific basis of nursing education or practice.
Total Credits: 48
(plus NURS 950 )
*Dissertation Advisement (NURS 950 ) must be taken each fall, spring, and summer until the dissertation is completed.
The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.
Comprehensive Examinations
Comprehensive examinations will be taken subsequent to the successful completion of all course work. After passing the comprehensive examinations, the student is accepted as a doctoral candidate and proceeds into NURS 901 Dissertation Seminar II.
Submission of a Manuscript
Prior to program completion, all PhD students are required to submit a manuscript for publication to a peer-reviewed journal. The manuscript may be the product of a course or course requirement. The student must be the first author on the manuscript. A copy of the manuscript, documentation of submission, and cover letter is to be submitted to the program director for the student’s file.
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